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...Haas part time but to take charge of all decisions - coaching, marketing, scheduling - since, he reasoned, any failure would be blamed on him anyway. But Haas didn't want to split with IMG, and it's probably just as well: by then Becker's life had frayed at every seam...
...says, pointing to a thicket of spindly cedar. Along the way he tries to stoke the suspense without giving the secret away. Bush wants us to discover whatever it is he's leading us to the way he did. "Wait till you see this," he breathes out. The seam we've been following winds us around an outcropping of rock, and suddenly we're at the base of a limestone cavity. It rises up 60 ft., the color of butter-pecan ice cream, shaped as if the scoop has just scored it. Down the middle falls a modest line...
...burst through the hole, found a seam and broke it wide openonow what? Spiking your shoulder bag is considered unsportsmanlike; signature celebration dances are also frowned upon. Instead, find and congratulate your lead blocker in an appropriate manner - we all know that there's no "I" in "team...
...going 4-1 with a 1.91 ERA and 42 strikeouts in 33 innings pitched. The sophomore showed that the flashes of brilliance he displayed while going 4-0 in 1998 were no fluke, as he dazzled opposing hitters with a Maddux-like arsenal of pitches, including a nasty two-seam fastball plus much-improved sliders and changeups. Opponents hit just .226 against...
...there was a shrill noise, somewhere between a crunch and a squeak. John dropped to his knees and started scrabbling with his hands at the cut I'd opened. Under the movie lights, to my astonishment, there was a brilliant green flash. I'd gone straight into a small seam of opal and fragmented it. He levered out the remains with a small pick, and everyone crowded around admiring the results...